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    Okay, my new club is a nice little local bikini bar and we don't have a large staff. Most days the DJs triple-task as bouncers and barbacks. We have one bouncer that is my age; 21, and he only bounces. He works the latest shift and his responsibilities to us dancers includes watching the floor/customers, writing down/keeping track of how many lapdances we do and timing them.

    Now this bouncer dude is always complaining, to us dancers, about the fact that we don't have to tip the bouncers(him) out. First of all, whining about it to me is not going to inspire me to tip you. It'll only do the exact opposite. Second of all, what services would we be tipping him for exactly? The only services that he provides to us are the ones that are mandatory for him to provide. Nothing wrong with that at all, but why should I tip him for doing only what his salary pays him for doing? Is that not what his salary is for?? It's not like he goes out of his way to do the things that he does for us, those are the few things that his job requires him to do.

    Our club very seldom gets busy so it's not like he's going nuts managing the door, us dancers do not make much money if any from dances so he's not going nuts trying to keep track of the couple of dances that go on during his shift. And no one ever acts up so I've never seen him have to police any customers. The vast majority of his shift is spent sitting down and talking to the dancers lol. Nothing wrong with any of that, but don't hassle us for tips when you're not exactly breaking your back for us, which I do not expect him to do.

    His responsibilities were undoubtedly explained to him as was his salary for them when he was hired. If he now has a problem with how much money he is making for the job that he does he really needs to take that up with management, why should it come from the dancers? I honestly just think he feels a sense of entitlement. Puh-leeze.

    The minimum to tip the DJ at night is $15 and a dancer told me that one night when a dancer gave the bouncer $2O to give the DJ a $2O tip, the bouncer got change for it and pocketed $5. She also told me that when she gave a string of dances for a customer, the bouncer told her what he thought 'his cut' should be. Of course she didn't give it to him. I try to let stories that dancers tell me go in one ear and out the other since it's probably untrue lol, but I can definitely see it happening.

    Am I being miserly or is this guy just an immature, entitled doofus?

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    I won't voluntarily tip someone for letting the club know their "cut" of my dances. That is not a service for me.
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    Ummm..no. Whining and stealing from me, the club and the DJ does NOT make you worth a tip. Piss the fuck off. I'd complain to management that he's stealing and shaking the girls down for money

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    I won't voluntarily tip someone for letting the club know their "cut" of my dances. That is not a service for me.
    Oh, he said it right to the dancer. I would've laughed in his face. If he aggravates me one more time I'll bitch to the managers. This guy flirts with all the girls too, he's desperate to hang out/go on a date with someone. He's too young and immature for his job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zinaida View Post
    he feels a sense of entitlement.
    There's your answer right there. He sees that the DJ makes more money and he of course wants it too. He figures it's unfair that the DJ gets tipped and he doesn't, because you know, he deserves as much money as the DJ "Hey I'm male, I'm standing here and I want a cut too!" It's pimp mentality.

    I'm not tipping anyone I'm not required to unless they do something for me. There's one bouncer where I work now who is REALLY good at sending me business and I happily tip him well. He absolutely deserves it, and since he likes that extra money he is more inclined to KEEP sending me business. I gave him $60 last night I worked and he earned every cent. The other bouncer does fuckall for me and I never give him a dollar - maybe one day he'll figure out what's up and act accordingly. ha

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    get a jar and ask all the dancers to contribute some spare change to the underpaid bouncer's fund. Show him how much you care!
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    off topic a bit, but how much do you tip a bouncer who HOOKS you up?
    i just started a new club and a boucer made me about $1200! i only tipped him about $50
    to my defense i didnt realize how much i made till i left
    i feel i should have gave him more =/ What do you guys think?
    should i give him more next time i see him?
    is there any rule of thumb percentage wise to keep in mind?

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    When someone makes me money I tip about 10%. So, yeah, $50 was low. But he might not realize how much you made.
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    10% of what he sent you. I would make up the difference to him next time I see him.

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    I have never understood the concept behind tipping out the bouncer/s. Then again I haven't ran into but 1 who did deserve it. The dancers tipping out the bouncer is the clubs way of paying them less of a salary or per hour.

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    I'd only tip him if he accidentally miscounted my dances in my favour.


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    What's the saying, "you have to spend money to make it?"
    I try to take care of the people who take care of me. If you don't tip them, then you can't expect them to "point" you in the right direction. You have to remember that these are the people who typically run into these customers before you ever lay eyes on them. ..and they generally know where the money is.
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    Tipping the bouncers who help you make money is a way of getting someone on your side who can and will help you increase your sales. It also helps to have bouncers on your side when you have an issue with a customer - if you've got a bouncer in your pocket he becomes alot more willing to help you (even if management doesn't necessarily back you, a bouncer will often do so anyway).

    I have had bouncers intimidate a jerkoff who tried to stiff me into paying up. I've also had them recommend me to spending customers, etc, which often goes a LONG way in convincing a guy to spend on you versus the 900 other girls in the club. Guys really do listen to other guys' recommendations.


    I find the fact that clubs use tipouts as a way of paying THEIR employees' salaries fucking annoying as well. But if you think of it as paying the for services, it's not such a bad thing. Obviously I don't tip for shit if someone isn't doing something special for me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    I'd only tip him if he accidentally miscounted my dances in my favour.
    hahahaha

    Wow, thats fucked up. If he is not referring you to customers or walking you out to your car or something I wouldn't see a reason to tip. ESPECIALLY if he's bitching about it. Ugh.

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